William Ku

Practice Areas

William has extensive experience advising issuers, underwriters and corporate trustees on debt and equity-linked capital markets transactions across the Greater China region, including with respect to Renminbi denominated capital markets instruments. He has advised clients in relation to investment grade and high yield notes, convertible and exchangeable bonds, medium term note programmes, certificate of deposit programmes, hybrid securities and liability management exercises. He has experience across a range of industry sectors including energy, financial buyers, infrastructure & transport and real estate.

Career

William is Herbert Smith Freehills' Regional Head of Practice - Finance, Asia.

Work Highlights

- BofA Securities, BOC International, ICBC (Asia) and JP Morgan on the issue of US$1,000,000,000 4.95 per cent. Preference Shares by a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation Limited, one of the top four power generation groups in China.

- Huatai International, ICBC, DBS and Agricultural Bank of China on the issue of CNY3,500,000,000 2.60 per cent. Guaranteed Notes by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, one of the largest integrated construction companies globally.

- The Bank of New York Mellon in its capacity as trustee and agents on the issue of JPY7,600,000,000 2.30 per cent. credit enhanced guaranteed bonds due 2026 by Zouping Finance International Co., Ltd.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

England and Wales, Hong Kong, New South Wales

Languages Spoken

English, Cantonese, Mandarin

Education